It depends how many spuds you eat. We have split two 3kg bags of earlies (one first and the other second) with the neighbours but have a 3kg bag each of Arran Victory and Desiree and a 2.5kg bag of Maris Piper which will more than last us into the spring once stored.

We are only 3 but do get through a fair few spuds although I think this year we may have overdone it as the desirees were a good cropper in 2006. The AVs are a lighter cropper but such a good tasty spud. MPs are for chips/roasting which my husband is picky on. Heston Blumenthal when selecting for his roasties picked these based on flavour and they are very high in dry matter which means when properly cooked you get a crunchy outer and a soft fluffy middle.

If you are not sure what you want you can get 1kg bags (approx 10 tubers) from some garden centres which will allow you to try a number of varieties out. Otherwise if you are near to a potato day you can pick up a small number of seed pots of a wide variety of spuds there.

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